Merseyside Police will review its original investigation following information supplied by the BBC.
Lower Lee, which closed in 2009, catered for boys with educational or behavioural difficulties.Two men - child care officer Thomas Curbishley and head of care Peter Amundsen - were jailed.spanning almost 20 years and against eight boys aged between 12 and 15.
Victims have claimed other staff members were never brought to justice, and that Merseyside Police missed an opportunity to stop Amundsen when he first started abusing pupils."I was beaten so badly by Amundsen at school I had bruises and marks all over my body," one victim said. "I found some clothes and ran away. I managed to get home, my mum saw me and took me to the police station. This was in the early 1980s.
"I can't block out the things that happened to me at Lower Lee, what the staff did to me. It's 40 years later and I can't get it out of my head. "I was constantly, constantly frightened at Lower Lee because you didn't know what the staff would do next. For anyone affected by the issues raised in this story, information about a range of support is available via the BBC Action Line
"It is truly humbling and emotive to hear the voices of victims of child abuse and we need to ensure we commit our service to improve in every aspect.
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